Tuesday, August 08, 2006

I'm not going to analyze this, lest someone out there accuse me of overanalyzing things. This is a transcript of an IM conversation I just had with my wife regarding the worksheets we're supposed to have done for marriage counseling this evening. It echoes the kinds of conversations that we have when I try to talk with her about our counseling in person.

wife : i am getting frustrated with that stupid paper. why can't we just talk this through with her. me: What part of it is frustrating to you?wife : mostly the fill in the blanks because obviously my other parts arent' making senseme: Which other parts aren't making sense? The tables?wife : the madlibs and i mean madme: You might need to rework the wording of some of the things you are transferring from the tables so that they make grammatical sense.me: It's not necessary to do the exercises perfectly. I think she gives them to us so that we come to the session having thought about the things we will be discussing.me: Were the diagram and tables difficult for you to complete?wife : yesme: Was it that you couldn't come up with examples, or did you have trouble expressing ideas in writing?wife : maybe bothme: Do you find the worksheets to (be) not very helpful?wife : they are okme: Is that a positive or negative "OK"?wife : neutralme: Did you make some progress in the love languages book?wife : i am ready to read the languages. i was going to start with touch firstme: Did the discussion of being "in love" and the tank metaphor make sense?wife : i don't know right now i can't remember what i readme: I'll let you get back to working on the exercises. I'm sorry that they're frustrating to you.

I'm not going to analyze this, lest someone out there accuse me of overanalyzing things. This is a transcript of an IM conversation I just had with my wife regarding the worksheets we're supposed to have done for marriage counseling this evening. It echoes the kinds of conversations that we have when I try to talk with her about our counseling in person.

wife : i am getting frustrated with that stupid paper. why can't we just talk this through with her. me: What part of it is frustrating to you?wife : mostly the fill in the blanks because obviously my other parts arent' making senseme: Which other parts aren't making sense? The tables?wife : the madlibs and i mean madme: You might need to rework the wording of some of the things you are transferring from the tables so that they make grammatical sense.me: It's not necessary to do the exercises perfectly. I think she gives them to us so that we come to the session having thought about the things we will be discussing.me: Were the diagram and tables difficult for you to complete?wife : yesme: Was it that you couldn't come up with examples, or did you have trouble expressing ideas in writing?wife : maybe bothme: Do you find the worksheets to (be) not very helpful?wife : they are okme: Is that a positive or negative "OK"?wife : neutralme: Did you make some progress in the love languages book?wife : i am ready to read the languages. i was going to start with touch firstme: Did the discussion of being "in love" and the tank metaphor make sense?wife : i don't know right now i can't remember what i readme: I'll let you get back to working on the exercises. I'm sorry that they're frustrating to you.